Emil A. Fleischauer, 82, of Park Ridge, Stevens Point, died on
Sunday, Jan. 10, at his home with family at his side.

The son of Emil A. and Carolyn (Vobach) Fleischauer was born on
April 4, 1927, in Colby.

He graduated from Colby High School and
went on to earn a degree in Accounting from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Emil interrupted his education to serve in the
US Navy during World War II. He subsequently earned his Juris
Doctorate from the University's Law School in 1951.

In 1949 he married Mary Lou Becker of
Colby and the couple moved to Stevens Point two years later where
Emil began a long and distinguished career with Sentry Insurance
(then Hardware Mutuals).

Emil served in a variety of managerial positions at Sentry before
joining the company's legal department in 1959. In 1981 he was
elected vice president and general counsel of Sentry Insurance. He
also served as director of Sentry's subsidiary companies.

He was a member of the American Bar
Association, the State Bar of WI, the Kiwanis Club, served as an
officer and director of the Wisconsin Insurance Association and as
clerk and then President of the Village of Park Ridge. After
retirement Emil was an active member of the Learning is For Ever
(LIFE) adult continuing education program.

Emil was a tennis enthusiast who played into his eighties until
being stricken with the cancer that took his life. He continued to
bike, hike and swim in Wisconsin and at the couple's perennial
retreat in Palm Island, Florida, until becoming ill. He was an avid
reader and participated in a variety of continuing education
programs, lecture series and Elder Hostel programs with his
life-long best friend and partner, Mary Becker Fleischauer. He also
enjoyed snow skiing in younger years and was a loyal Badger and
Packer fan.

To all who knew him Emil was a devoted husband, father and friend.
He was dry in his humor, strong in his opinions, but open to
challenges, firm yet compassionate an interesting man always
interested in others. Known as Bapa to his family, Emil A.
Fleischauer will be deeply missed and never forgotten.

Emil is survived by his wife, Mary; daughters, Vicki, Madison and
Missy, Spearfish, South Dakota; sons, Alan (Paula) Minneapolis, MN,
Kirk, Wausau, and Mark (Kristin) of Vancouver, WA. He loved and
enjoyed his grandchildren, Molly and Jesse, Alixandra, Emily,
Christopher, Kari, Matt and Mason. He is also survived by his older
sister, Grace (Cliff) Fonstad of Madison, and numerous nieces and
nephews.